Chinese and Turkish business people signed 19 contracts in  Istanbul, the capital city of Turkey, on Friday on the purchase of Turkish commodities worth about 230 million U.S. dollars.

Jia Qinglin, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), addresses the China-Turkey Economic Trade and Cooperation Forum in Istanbul, Turkey, Nov. 28, 2008. [Xinhua]

Visiting China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin attended the signing ceremony after the Sino-Turkish economic and trade cooperation forum which was attended by government officials and business people from the two countries.

Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said in his speech delivered at the forum that China and Turkey should make further plans on the future development of bilateral economic and trade cooperation.

China-Turkey trade volume exceeded 10 billion U.S. dollars last year and the figure for this year is expected to reach 13 billion U.S. dollars.